Memorable Quotes from Tabu
2 quotesNavigating Faith and Family Expectations
Santosh Patel
You only need to convert to three more religions, Piscine, and you will spend your life on holiday.
Ravi Patel
Are you going to Mecca this year, Swami ]? Or to Rome for your coronation as Pope Pius?
[laughing; [Jesus]
Gita Patel
You stay out of this, Ravi. Just as you like cricket, Pi has his own interests.
Santosh Patel
No, Gita, Ravi has a point. You cannot follow three different religions at the same time, Piscine.
Pi Patel
Why not?
Santosh Patel
Because, believing in everything at the same time, is the same as not believing in anything at all.
Gita Patel
He's young, Santosh. He's still finding his way.
Santosh Patel
And how can he find his way if he does not choose a path? Listen, instead of leaping from one religion to the next, why not start with ]? In a few hundred years, ] has taken us farther in ] the universe than religion has in 10,000.
[[reason; [science; [understanding]
Gita Patel
That is true. Your father is right. Science can teach us more about what is out there, but not what is in here.
[touches chest]
Santosh Patel
Some eat meat, some eat vegetable. I do not ] us to all agree about everything, but I would much rather have you believe in something I don't agree with than to accept everything blindly. And that begins with thinking rationally. You understand? Good.
[[expect; Pi nods]
Pi Patel
I would like to be baptized.
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Vegetarian Preferences Discussed in Life of Pi
Gita Patel
My sons and I are vegetarians. Do you have anything…? No, no, no. Not more gravy.
Cook
You don't want gravy?
Gita Patel
No, I want something vegetarian.
Cook
Oh. No problem.
Santosh Patel
She asked if you have something vegetarian.
Cook
The cow that produced this liver was vegetarian, the pigs that went into these sausages were vegetarian.
Santosh Patel
Very funny. But my wife doesn't eat liver.
Cook
Then she can eat the sausage, the rice, and the gravy. Or you can cook your own food.
Santosh Patel
How dare you talk to my wife like that?
Cook
Here's your rice. I cook for sailors, not curry-eaters.
Santosh Patel
What did you say?!
[strangles him]
Cook
Let go of me! Who do you think you are? You're nothing but a servant! I feed people! You feed monkeys!
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